2C TIMES HERALD, PORT HURON. MICHIGAN TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2001 Henderson works out with Padres; Knoblauch goes to left IN BRIEF FIGURE SKATING The Associated Press A new position could cure Chuck Knoblauch's throwing woes. A new team could help Rickey Henderson reach a few records. With all seven scheduled games in Florida washed out by hbbbh rain, the biggest DM CCD HI I news Monday was DflotDftLL the New York Yankees' decision to move Knoblauch from second base to left field and Henderson's minor league deal with the San Diego Padres. Knoblauch, who made 41 hours on Monday morning, general manager Kevin Towers said The rest of the team had the day off.
"I know there was a Rickey sighting," Towers said. Henderson is closing in on two major records. He is three walks short of breaking Babe Ruth's record of 2,062 and needs to score 68 runs to top Ty Cobb's record of 2,245. He also is 86 hits shy of 3,000. Henderson was ignored by teams all spring before the Padres, one of his many former teams, offered him a minor league deaL errors the past two seasons, spoke with a psychologist during the offseason and reported to spring training more than a month early trying to rediscover his arm's accuracy.
"It's just not happening now. I've done every possible thing," said Knoblauch, who has had throwing problems since 1999. "My teammates know that. Joe Torre knows that. The coaches know that.
And more important, I know that." He has made six errors in 14 spring training games, five on throws. "He needs to be comfortable split squad. If Knoblauch wants to get in a day of fielding practice and advice from outfield coach Lee MazzillL he might wait to play left until after Wednesday. But the move will be made sooner than later. "It's a lot less stressful here in March than if you do it in June," Torre said.
Henderson, the career steals leader who is closing in on other marks, agreed on a one-year deal that will pay him 5250,000 if he makes the club. Henderson was at the Padres' complex hitting for about 1 12 for me to be comfortable, and we're not there yet," said Torre, the Yankees' manager. "Nobody has worked harder than he has. There is nothing more he can do at second base that is going to make him a better second baseman. Maybe getting away from second base will solve second base." The move, which means Alfonso Soriano will take over at second, won't take place immediately.
Monday night's game against Detroit was washed out, and more rain was forecast for Tuesday, when the Yankees are scheduled to play a Houston Russian pair regain World winning form VANCOUVER, British Columbia It's as if Yelena Berezh-naya and Anton Sikharulidze never missed last year's world championships. Showing the same speed, power and style that carried them to world titles in 1998 and 1999, the Russians simply outclassed everyone to win the pairs short program in the World Figure Skating Championships. Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China, last year's silver medalists, were in second. Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were third. Two-time U.S.
champions Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman were sixth, while Tiffany Scott and Philip Dulehohn were ninth. SPORTS SCOREBOARD Werjnmy NHL SPORTS ON TV BASKETBALL EASTERN COHERENCE Atlantic Divson GL Pa GF GA DBftch staaneii by criticism free agent deals IT '2 3 25 i TIGERS vs. Yankees at Tampa cca. ram Oakland '0 Cncago Cubs 4 Seattle 4. Colorado 2 Milwaukee 5.
Anaheim 4 Chicago White Sox 5. Arizona 1 Cleveland Florida at Viera ccd, ram Boston vs Minnesota at Fort Myers ccd. ram Texas vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton ccd, ram Kansas City vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee ccd, ram Cincinnati vy Philadelphia at Clearwater ccd.
ram Los Angeiet vs. St. Lou at Jupiter 40 21 K' 2 3f I 2 il 2 38 5 1 i 25' 44 3 47 lit Raoefl i sianoe Nonhtttt Division 0L Pts GF GA 41 30 fi 3 93 237 179 2t 5 HWW 33 24 tl 5 a 215 'S3 25 28 7 7 72 '94 221 il 38 6 4 bi Xfi Ottawa Toronto fr-Ston Montreal ban Antonio at Boston. 1 p.m. Orlando at Indiana.
7 m. Chicago at Miami. 7 m. Toronto at Charlotte. 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota. 6 pm. A Lakers at Milwaukee. 8pm Washington at Golden State. 10 30 m.
Monday Sums LALakM 32 20 24-101 Atlanta 22 a 24-101 LALAKERSl'OS) Fox 8-9 W) 17. Grant 5-924 O'Neal 9-'9 9-'2 27. Fisher 4-7 7-9 Bryant 10-22 7-9 27. Shaw 0-3 0. Horry 24 5.
Lue 3-3 04) 0, Madsen 1-2 2. Totals 38-78 25-34 106. ATLANTA) '08) Kukoc 9-18 4-5 26, Henderson 5-4 5-7 15. Mohammed 2-9 1-2 5. Knight 4-8 0-0 8.
Terry 13-25 36. Wright 2-7 44 6, Johnson 0-2 04 0. Mottola 54 0-0 10. Maloney 0-1 0-0 0, Bowdler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-04 19-24 108 Worn! Goals A.
Lakers 34 (Horry 1-2, Fisher 1-2, Fox 1-2, Lue 0-1. Shaw 0-1). Atlanta 9-19 (Terry 5-9, Kukoc 4-0. Johnson 0-2). Fouled out-Hone.
Rebounds LA. Lakers 60 (O Neal 13). Atlanta 37 (Henderson 8). Assists A. Lakers 26 (Fisher 6).
Atlanta 22 (Knight 9). Total louls-L A. Lakers 19. Atlanta A 19.707 (19.445). ccd.
ram Today Niagara's Mihalich agrees on new contract NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. Niagara Coach Joe Mihalich agreed to a contract extension through the 2006-07 season. The deal comes four days after Mihalich expressed interest in coaching at La Salle, his alma mater. Mihalich declined to comment about his interest in La Salle, where he played and spent 17 years as an assistant coach before coming to Niagara in 1998. Cleveland vs.
TIGERS at Lakeland Fla. Divaion OL Pts GF GA Washington 37 24 2 66 208 190 Carolina 32 28 8 3 75 '64 192 Florida '8 35 11 9 56 1 76 226 TamoaBay 22 40 6 4 54 iBO 243 Atlanta 38 7 54 '92 2S8 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Divam OL Pts GF GA 43 IB 9 4 39 227 '91 40 18 10 4 94 226 171 30 33 8 3 71 171 135 29 33 7 3 66 192 299 24 34 8 6 62 17C 2D6 WINGS St Louis Nasnville Columbus 7:00 College Basketball NIT Second Round Aubun al Purdue. 8:00 fTT) NBA Basketball Indiana Pacers at Toronto Raptors. 9:00 College Basketball NIT Second Round -Pepperdme at New Mexico. NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche.
ITTT1 NBA Basketball Detroit Pistons at Utah Jazz. WEDNESDAY 7:30 Hil'H College Basketball NIT Quarterfinal. 8:00 NHL Hockey New York Rangers at New Jersey Devils. Til NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Milwaukei Bucks. 9:30 1.05 pm.
Atlanta vs. Montreal at Jupiter 1:35 pm. Texas Philadelphia at Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Baltimore vs. Los Angeles at Venn Beach I -05 p.m.
Toronto vs. Kansas City at Haines City 1:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg 1:05 pm.
Houston ml vs. Mets al Port St Lucie Houston (ss) vs. Y. Yankees at Tampa Fla, 1:15 p.m. Oakland vs.
Seattle at Peoria 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa 3:05 p.m. Anaheim vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale 3:05 pm San Diego vs.
Chicago White Sox at Tucson 3.05 p.m. SOCCER 24 23 20-86 y-Coiorado Vancouver Eomomon Calgary Minnesota OL Pts GF GA 46 13 9 4 105 244 170 35 23 8 7 85 226 2'5 35 25 10 3 83 206 195 23 31 14 4 64 212 ti 34 10 5 63 154 186 Pacific Divawn OL Pts GF GA 41 24 6 I 3C 206 171 35 24 11 2 83 '69 '69 34 27 10 1 79 230 207 31 25 15 2 79 188 169 24 37 8 5 61 173 214 Dallas Saruose LosAnqel'S Phoenix NPSL Anaheim Two points for a win. one point for a tie and The Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. Detroit Tigers owner Mike Hitch is surprised by criticism that he hasn't spent enough money on the club. Before Sunday's spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Marchant Stadium, Hitch responded to off-season criticism of the club's disinterest in pursuing free agents.
"If it was a case of an owner who never spent, I could see it. I offered a guy $150-some million and it didn't work out, and then come back the next year and don't sign anybody and the reaction surprised me. I guess I'm a little naive," Hitch said, noting that he offered Juan Gonzalez an eight-year contract worth $150 million prior to the 2000 season. Hitch also said he'd stand by his track record of spending money on players. "I've always stepped up when it came to that," Hitch told the Detroit Free Press.
"I'd like someone to tell me when I didn't. I've got a lot of money invested in this sport. "I lost over $100 million just carrying the Tigers at Tiger Stadium." Hitch said Comerica Park which opened last season gives him the first chance since he has owned the club to "be a normal owner and run the team as a normal franchise after carry ing it for all those years." He said Comerica Park should help put him on equal footing with other teams. "There's no alibis now," Hitch said. "We'll see how the team competes from here on out there's no excuses." The Tigers and Yankees were rained out of their scheduled Monday night game.
The Tigers' team bus got halfway to Tampa before the Yankees called off the game. Jeff Weaver would have started, but he will be on the mound today against the Indians instead. The last time the Tigers faced the Indians, lefty Sean Runyan assured himself of a trip back to the minors when he walked three of the four batters he faced. In five games this spring, he had a 10.13 earned-run average. He was sent to Toledo on Friday.
But Runyan said Monday he doesn't plan to stay there long. "That was right up there as one of the worst games of my life," Runyan said. "I knew the second I came out of that game that I wasn't rea dy to pitch in the big leagues right now. I was trying way too hard to make an impression (on Manager Phil Garner), who's never seen me have any success. "No doubt I need time in Toledo, but I don't think I'm through pitching for the Tigers." overtime loss x-cimcfied playoff spot y-ci inchea division Sunday WINGS 6.
San Jose 4 Dalias 5. Ottawa 1 Ananeim 4, Cnicago 1 Colorado 4. Minnesota 3 Vancouver 5. Atlanta 3 Carolina 2. Y.
Islanders 1 Monday Nashville 2, Columous 1 NY Rangers 6. Washington 3 Dallas 4. Minnesota 1 New Jersey 4. Calgary 2 Philadelphia 4, Edmonton 2 Los Angeles 6. Phoenix 2 Today Toronto at Buffalo 7 Boston at Pittsburgh.
7.3C p.m. AMERICAN CONFERENCE Pet GB K-Harnsourg 23 15 .605 Baltimore 21 14 600 Philadelphia II 16 .529 3 Buttak) 16 17 .514 3'4 Cleveland 17 16 466 4'4 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Pet GB Milwaukee 19 16 .543 Toronto 19 17 .526 i Wicfirta 15 19 .441 3'i KansasCity 13 22 371 Detroit 11 23 .324 7Vj 2-Edmonton 6 3 K-clinched playoff berth z-ceased operations Sunday No games scheduled Monday No games scheduled Today Detroit at Baltimore Guinea tossed out of World Cup qualifying ZURICH, Switzerland Guinea was banned from the qualifying rounds of the 2002 World Cup because of government interference in the national soccer association. FIFA said Guinea authorities had failed to change a Jan. 28 ruling that eliminated the executive body of the soccer association. The world federation had set a deadline of Sunday for reinstatement.
IDITAROD Last usher arrives in Nome after two weeks NOME, Alaska The last Idi-tarod musher finished Monday, greeted by about 200 fans after spending more than two weeks on the sled dog trail. Karen Ram-stead of Canada won the Red Lantern, awarded to the last-place finisher. Ramstead crossed under the arch on Front Street at Florida at Montreal, m. Islanders at St Lours. 6 p.m.
San Jose at Colorado. 9 pm. College Basketball NIT Quarterfinal. SOL Pts GF GA xy-OuadCity 49 12 6 104 310 201 Missouri 36 22 8 79 237 231 Kalanwoo 35 26 4 74 199 193 Rockford 26 34 5 57 181 227 x-clmched playoff berth y-clinched division title z-suspended operatrons Note One point tor shootout loss Shootout losses are only denoted in the SOL column, not the loss column. Saturday Flint BORDER CATS 2 Asheville 8.
C. 3 Elmira 5. Knoxville2 Kalamazoo 6. Mssoun 4 Muskegon 4. Fort Wayne 3, SO Adirondack 5, New Haven 4 Quad City 5, Rockford 2 Sunday Muskegon 3.
BORDER CATS 2, SO Quad City 2, Missouri 0 Monday No games scheduled Today Elmira at BORDER CATS Wednesday Vancouver at Columous, m. Buffalo at Carolina, 7 pm. Tampa Bay at Atlanta. 7.30 p.m. Florida at Toronto.
7 30 pm. Nashville at Minnesota. 8 p.m. Rangers at New Jersey, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas.
6:30 p.m. Ottawa at Phoenix. 9 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30 m. Monday Sums 10:53 a.m.
She completed her run in 14 days, 23 hours, 53 minutes. She finished a little more than SanAntonio 2 25 24 20-M PORTLANDI85) Pippen 1-8 44 6. Wallace 7-17 4-7 20. Saoonis 2- 5 (HI 4. Stoudamtre 34 6, Wells 4-112-3 10.
Davis 1-5 1-1 3. Smith 8-11 3-5 23. Strickland 34 1-2 7. Schrempf (MM 0, Kemp 14 44 6 Totals 30-74 19-26 85. SANANTONIO! 98) Ferry 3-10 2-2 6.
Duncan 8-19 34 20, Robinson 5-9 54 15, Anderson 8-14 9-12 28, Porter 3- 8 4-4 11, Wa'ker 24 1-1 5, Johnson 2-3 1-2 5, Rose 2-5 2-2 6, Daniels 0-3 0-0 0. Scott 0-0 0 Totals 33-75 27-35 98. 3-Pomt Goals-Portland 6-18 (Smith 44. Wallace 24. Stoudamire 0-2.
Wells 0-2. Pip-pen 0-2. Davis 0-2). San Antonio 5-18 (Anderson 34. Duncan 1-1, Porter 14, Daniels 0-2, Rose 0-2.
Ferry 0-5). Fouled1 out-ftone. Rebounds-Portland 44 (Davis 9), San Antonio 57 (Duncan 23). Assists Portland 17 (Pippen 7), San Antonio 24 (Porter 10). Total fouls-Portland 27, San Antonio 20.
Technicals San Antonio Illegal Defense. Flagrant foul-Wells. A 22.333 (20.557). Philadelpfm 22 a II 23-80 Seattle It 20 24 24-03 Philadelphia Hill 2-8 3-3 7, Lynch 3-8 15 7, Mutombo 5-8 4-6 14, McKie 8-15 3-3 21. Snow 5-11 3-3 14.
Jones 2-5 0-0 6. Oil 24 2-3 6, Geiger 1-1 0-0 2. Buford 5-12 04 12. Totals 33-72 16-20 89. SEATTLE(93) Lews 3-7 34 10.
McCoy 0-2 0-0 0, Ewing 1-3 2- 2 4. Davis 0-5 0, Payton 11-23 34 29. Patterson 5-7 1-3 11. Baker 8-15 2-2 18. Barry 0-3 0, Mason 6-9 0-0 13, Oyedei 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 24 44 8.
Totals 36-78 15-19 93. 3- Point Goals-Philadelphia 7-11 (McKie 2- 3, Jones 2-3. Buford 24. Snow 1-1). Seattle 6-13 (Payton 4-6, Lews 1-1, Mason i-t, Williams 0-1, Barry f2, Davis 0-2).
Fouled out McKie. Rebounds Philadelphia 50 (Lynch 13). Seattle 39 (Baker. Lewis 7). Assists-Philadelphia 19 (Snow 9).
Seattle 21 (Payton 8). Total fouls-Philadelphia 23, Seattle 21. Technicals-McCoy. A 17.072 College Basketball Men's NIT Second Round Sunday Detroit 67. Connecticut 61 Monday Mississippi State 66.
Pittsburgh 61 Dayton 71. Richmond 56 Tulsa 76, Minnesota 73. OT Today Auburn (18-13) at Purdue (16-14), 7 m. Texas-El Paso (23-8) at Memphis (18-14), 8 pm. Toledo (22-10) at Alabama (22-10).
8 pm. Pepperdine (22-6) at New Mexico (20-12), 9 p.m. Third Round Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday Detroit (24-10) vs. Dayton (21-12), TBA Alabama-Toledo winner vs. Auburn-Purdue winner, TBA Mississippi State (18-12) vs.
Tulsa (23-11). TBA Pepperdine-New Mexico winner vs. Texas-El Paso-Memphis winner, TBA Betting Line NBA New York 5 CLEVELAND JERSEY line Vancouver DALLAS JJH Portland TORONTO 6 Indiana Orlando -B no line CHICAGO UTAH 11 Detroit PHOENIX no line Washington SACRAMENTO 7 Houston Philadelphia D. no line. CLIPPERS A NJ Nets Marbury is questionable 6 CHI Bulls Brand is questionable WAS Wizards Richmond is doubtful D-PHl 76ersG A.lverson is doubtful N.I.T.
Tournament PURDUE 5H Auburn MEMPHIS 8 Tex-EIPaso ALABAMA i'1 Toledo NEW MEXICO 2 Pepperdine NHL BUFFALO 14 1 Toronto PITTSBURGH I Vt, Boston MONTREAL even -VS Florida ST.LOUIS 114 -2 Ny Islanders COLORADO 1-1V4 San Jose IHL five days after Doug Swingley Figure Skating World Figure Skating At Vancouver, Bnttfi Columbti Men's Singles Qualifying Top 15 in each group advance to short program today Group A 1. Yevgeny Pluschenko, Russia. 0.4 factored placement. 2. Todd Eidredge, Chatham.
0.8. 3. Timothy Goebel. Rolling Meadows. 1.2, 4.
Alexander Abt, Russia. 1.6. 5. Alexei Yagudin. Russia, 2.0.
6. Yunfei Li. China. 2.4. 7.
Ivan Dinev, Bulgaria. 2.6. 6. Patrick Meier, Switzerland. 3.2, 9.
Vital! Danilchenko. Ukraine, 3.6. 10. Dmitri Dmitrenko, Ukraine, 4.0. Group 1.
Takeshi Honda, Japan, 0.4 factored placement, 2. Elvis Stojko, Canada, 08. 3. Stanick Jeannette. France, 1,2.
4. Emanuel Sandhu. Canada, 1.6. 5. Yamato Tamura.
Japan. 2.0. 6. Mm aZriang, China, 2.4. 7.
Sergei Rylov, Azerbaijan. 2,8. 8. Chengjiang Li. China.
3,2. 9. Stefan Lindemann, Germany, 3.6. 10. Anthony Liu, Australia, 4.0.
Panthers save money, waive QB Beuerlein captured his fourth Iditarod vic tory. HOCKEY Messier passes Dionne for 3rd on points list NEW YORK Mark Messier's first-period goal Monday night The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. Quarterback Steve Beuerlein, one of Carolina's most popular and durable players, was waived by Carolina on Monday, a move that saves the Panthers about $2 million. "Steve has done everything we have asked of him and has played pushed him past Marcel Dionne for third place on the NHL's career points list. Messier, with 1,772 points, trails only Wayne Gretzky (2,857) and Gordie Howe The Rangers cap well under some unfavorable circ*mstances," 1.
t- tain, who tied Dionne with an assist last Wednesday, took over third place with his 23rd goal this season a short-handed i 1 ciMLii Seifert said. EASTERN CONFERENCE SOL Pts GF GA GrandRapids 46 19 5 97 236 168 Orlando 39 22 7 85 209 164 Cincinnati 36 26 8 84 235 227 Cleveland 36 25 7 83 235 217 Milwaukee 35 28 5 75 203 187 Detroit 19 45 6 44 161 260 WESTERN CONFERENCE SOL Pts GF GA Manitoba 34 25 10 78 189 195 Houston 35 26 6 76 195 2'0 Chicago 33 28 7 73 221 221 Utah 32 32 6 70 178 189 KansasCity 33 35 2 68 202 227 NOTE Two points are awarded for a victory, one for a shootout loss. Monday Milwaukee 3. Orlando i Today Houston at Cincinnati. 7 30 m.
Wednesday Houston at Chicago, 8 pm. Utah at Manitoba. 9:30 pm. College Hockey NCAA Division I Potl MINNEAPOLIS Top teams in the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, with first-place voles in parentheses and records through March 18: Record Pts Pvs 32- 44 600 1 2 BostonColiege 30- 8-2 560 2 3 St.CloudSt.
31- 8-1 518 3 4 NorthDakota 27- 7-9 480 4 S.Michigan 25-12-5 427 6 6ColoradoCollege 26-12-1 390 7 J.Minnesota 27-12-2 359 5 8 Providence 22-12-5 304 9 9 Maine 19-11-7 289 8 ICWisconsm 2'-'44 242 10 11 St.Lawrence 20-124 188 14 12 NewHampshire 21-12-6 145 15 13 Nebraska-Omaha 24-15-3 123 RCIarkson 21-11-3 79 13 l5Denver 19-154 42 15 Others receiving votes: Mercyhurst 25, Cornell 7. Northern Michigan 6, Massachu-serts-L owpli Dartmoor: "Miami. Ohio 3, Western Michigan 3. Harvard l. NBA "There have been a number of extremely tough moves this offseason as we look to the future, but tally 5:45 in.
Canucks recall forward Jarkko Ruutu from KC VANCOUVER, British Colum Beuerlein bia The Vancouver Canucks recalled forward Jarkko Ruutu from the Kansas City Blades of Nashvilla 0 1 t-i Columbu IIH First Period None. Second Period 1. Nashville. Walker 22 (Timonen, Ronning), (pp). Third Period 2.
Nashville, Ronning 18 (Hulse. Kjellberg. a 41. 3. Columbus.
Vybomy 11 (penalty shol). IB' 01 (pp. Shots on goal-Nashville 9-10-7 2t. Columbus 2-4-13 19. Goalies Nashville.
Vokoun. Columbus, Tugnuft. A 18,136 Washington 1 2 0-3 N.Y.Ranoari 4 1 1-6 First New York. Messier 23 (Dvorak), 5.45 (sh) 2 Washington. Johansson 6 (Cote.
Knristichi, 6:24 (pp) 3, New York. Hlavac 25 (Nedved. Grosek), 8 00 4, New York, Johnsson 5 (Grosek, Hlavac), 10:20 (pp). 5. New York, Leetch 19 (Mottau.
Malhotra), 18 44 (pp). Second Period 6. Washington, Halpem 18 (Konowalchuk, Johansson), 6:34. 7, New York. Dvorak 25 (Messier).
10-12 (sh). 8. Washington, Gonchar 18 (Dahlen. Oates). 12:05 (pp).
Third Period 10, New York, Nedved 29 (Hlavac, Kamensky), 18:02. Shots on goal Washington 9-13-931. New York 13-8-4-25. Goalies-Washington, Kolrtg. Billington.
New YonV. McLean. (18.200). Dallaa 2 0 2-4 Minnesota 0 0 1-1 First Period 1. Dallas, Modano 27 (Hull), 1:53 2, Dallas.
Modano 28 (Lehtinen. Hull), 11-18. Second Period None. Third Period 3. Minnesota.
Laaksonen 12 (Walz). 3.00 (sh). 4. Dallas. Maclean 3 (Van Alien).
16:24 5. Dallas. Van Auen 7 (Lehtinen), 18:01 (sh). Shots on goal Dallas 12-5-7-24. Minnesota 5-8-10-23.
Goalies Dallas. Turco Minnesota. McLennan. NewJerwy 0 4 0-4 Calgary 1 1 0-S First Period 1. Calgary, Igmla 28 (Bure.
Housley), 11:44. Second Period 2, New Jersey. Brylm 21 (Hafalski. Holik). 3:05 3, New Jersey, Sykc-ra 31 (Ehas.
Niedermayer), 8:36 4, New Jersey. Gome; 13 (Rafalski), 11 34 5. Calgary, Clark 3 (Conroy, Petrovickyl. 13 38 (pp). 6, New Jersey, Gomez t4 (Mogilny, B-ylm) 15 43.
Third Period None. Shots on goal New Jersey 15-9-10-34 Calgary 5-2-6-13. Goalies New Jersey, Brodeur. Calgary, Brathwaite. A 16.823 (17.104).
Philadelphia, 0 11-4 Edmonton 0 2 0-2 First Period None. Second Period 1, Philadelphia, Pnmeau 34 (Recchi. Therien), 7 48. 2, Edmonton, Carter 14 (Smyth. MComne), 9:03.
3, Edmonton. Smyth 25 iM.Comrie. Carter), 13: -6. 4. Philadelphia.
Recchi 25 (Fedotenko). 14:23 5. Philadelphia, Des-tardins '5, 18:09. Third Period 6, Philadelphia, Delmore 5 (Plante), 6-34. Shots on goal-Philadelphia 10-9-6-25.
Edmonton 7-9-1127. Goalies Philadelphia. Boucher. Edmonton, Roussel. 17.100 (17,100) Phoenix 0 1 1-2 LosAngeles 1 3 2-6 First Period 1.
Los Angeles, Modry 2 (Smohnski. Robitaihe). 11:40. Second Period 2. Los Angeles, Smolmksi 25 (Visnovsky, Robitaille).
1:29 (pp). 3. Phoenix. Roenick 28 (letowski. Lumme), 24 4, Los Araeles.
PalfyJG. 11:39 (sh), 5, LosAngeles, Smolinski 26. 11-54 (sh). Third Period 6 Los Angeles, BuchDerger 6 (Emerson, Lapernere). :25.
7. Phoenix, Green 11 (May. Vaananen). 4:51. 8, Los Angeles.
Robitaille 35 (Visnovsky, Modry), 15:10. Shots on goal-Phoenix 9-12-7-28. Los Angeles 411-23. Goal'es Phoenix, Burke. Los Angeles, the International Hockey League.
Ruutu, who had three goals and two assists in 13 games for Vancouver earlier this season, was called up to help fill the void left by injured captain Markus Naslund. XFL COLLEGES EASTERN CONFERENCE The Buccaneers get the fifth-round pick in the April draft in return. Gooch, 26, played all of his five NFL seasons with Tampa Bay, mostly as a reserve and special teams player. Last season, he led the Buccaneers with 23 special teams tackles. He had 12 tackles on defense.
His best season was 1998 when he started all 16 games, with 72 tackles, one 6ack, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. Quarterback Alex Van Pelt resigned with the Buffalo Bills, taking over Doug Flutie's spot as backup to Rob Johnson. The Bills also said starting free safety Keion Carpenter and third-string receiver Jeremy McDaniel accepted offers. Van Pelt, an unrestricted free agent, spent the last six seasons with the Bills.
He was the second- and third-string quarterback last year. He appeared in one game, orchestrating the winning drive in a season-opening victory over Tennessee. GREEN BAY, Wis. Bernardo Harris, a middle linebacker who led the Packers in tackles last season, re-signed with the team. The Packers would not disclose terms of the contract extension, but 77ie Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said it was for four years and $11.2 million.
MIAMI Damon Huard, the Miami Dolphins' backup quarterback the past two years, was released by the team, three days after the team signed Ray Lucas to back up starter Jay Fiedler. Huard lost a battle with Fielder last season for the right to replace Dan Marino as the Dolphins' starting quarterback. DENVER Leon Lett, the defensive tackle who was a dominant run-stopper for the Dallas Cowboys, has agreed to a contract with the Denver Broncos, Denver television stations reported. Broncos spokesman Richard Stewart said he could not confirm the deal, which the TV stations said was for four years at $9 million. "Nothing had been done as of today," Stewart said.
none more so than this." Earlier this month, Seifert released cornerback Eric Davis, fullback William Floyd and linebacker Lee Woodall all of whom played on a Super Bowl winner under Seifert in San Francisco. Seifert had recently informed Beuerlein, who has started 44 straight games for the Panthers, that he was actively trying to trade him. The decision was not popular in Carolina, where the 36-year- old journeyman NFL NOTES nfmSelfToeafans while having the best years of his career. Beuerlein, who has started 44 straight games for Carolina, passed for an NFL-best 4,436 yards and 36 touchdowns in 1999 and made the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career. His numbers were down last season he passed for 3,730 yards and 19 touchdowns but he played behind an offensive line that allowed a league-high 60 sacks.
DENVER Denard Walker, EAST CONFERENCE Pet PF PA Orlando 6 1 .857 161 126 NYNJ 3 4 .429 80 105 Birmingham 2 5 .286 107 175 Chicago 2 5 286 127 160 WEST CONFERENCE Pet PF PA LosAngeles 5 2 .714 164 113 LasVegas 4 3 .571 131 78 Memphis 3 4 .429 112 130 SanFrancisco 3 4 .429 121 116 Saturday New York-New Jersey 16. Memphis 15 Las Vegas 34, Birmingham 12 Sunday Los Angeles 31. Orlando 6 Chicago 25, San Francisco 19 Saturday Las Vegas at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. Memphis at San Francisco, p.m. Sunday Birmingham at Chicago.
4 pm. New York -New Jersey at Orlando. 7 Transactions AUTO RACING RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Named Keith Green director of public relations. BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Acquired RHP Mike Rupp from the Boston Red Sox to complete an earlier trade. MILWAUKEE BREWERS Assigned RHP John Snyder, RHP Kyle Peterson.
RHP Mike Buddie and RHP Mike Penney to Indianapolis ot the International League. Reassigned RHP Nicke Neuebauer. OF Marcos Scutaro. OF Brant Brown and OF Mah Franklin to their minor league camp, OAKLAND ATHLETICS-jptioned LHP Todd Belitz. RHP Justin Miller.
INF Jason Hart and OF Mario Eocarnacion to Sacramento of the PCL. Reassigned RHP Jon Ratliff, RHP Steve Schrenk and OF Andy Abad to their minor league camp. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Optioned OF Rob Ryan and RHP Bret Pnnz to Tucson of the PCL Reassigned RHP Anthony Chavez and Brad Cresse to their minor league camp. ATLANTA BRAVES-Optioned INF Marcus Giles. LHP Damian Moss and LHP Trey Moore to Richmond of the International League, and OF Corey Aldridge to Greenville of the Southern League.
CINCINNATI REDS-Optioned IB D.T. Cromer to Louisville of the International League, and SS Gookie Dawkins to Chattanooga ot the Southern League COLORADO ROCKIES-Optioned RHP Craig House and INF Elvis Pena to Colorado Springs of the PCL. Assigned Dar-ron Cox. OF Kevin Sefc4 and RHP Andy Larkin to their minor league camp Milwaukee brewers optioned rhp Mike Buddie, RHP John Snyder, RHP Mike Penney and RHP Kyle Peterson to Indianapolis of the International Leaoue. Assigned RHP Nick Neugebauer.
INF Mar-cos Scutaro, OF Brant B'rown and OF Mic-ah Franklin to their minor league camp, PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Placed LHP Dan Serafint on waivers Reassigned RHP Steve Sparks, RHP Randy Gaivez and C-1B Craig Wilson to their minor league camp. SAN DIEDO PADRES-Agreed to terms with OF Rickey Henderson on a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS-Activated C-F Loren-im Wright from the injured list. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BlLLS-fiMigned GB Alex Van-Pelt. CAROLINA PANTHERS Waived OB Steve Beuerlein.
DENVER BRONCOS-Agreed to terms with CB Denard Waiker on a six-year contract. MIAMI DOLPHINS-Released 06 Damon Huard. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Signed CB Kato Serwanga and FB Marc Edwards. NEW YORK JETS-Signed WR Matthew Hatchette. ST.
LOUIS RAMS-Acguired LB Jeff Gooch from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 2001 fifth-round draft pick. SAN FRANCISCO 49ers-Waived RB Travis Jervey. XFL LAS VEGAS OUTLAWS-Claimed WR Eric Guilford and Aaron Graham off waivers. Waived OT Eric Bateman. HOCKEY Nat ional Hockey League MONTREAL CANADiENS Reassigned Xavier De'isle to Quebec of the AHL NEW YORK RANGERS Recalled johan Hoimgvist from Hartford of Ihe AHL SAN JOSE SHARKS-Reassigned RW Matt Bradley to Kentucky of the AHL.
United Hockey League KNOXVILLE SPEED-Signed 0 Emie Thorp, MISSOURI RIVER OTTERS-Announced Colin Chaulk has been assigned to the team by Kansas City of Ihe IHL. Atlantic Division Pet GB x-Philadelphia 48 19 .716 NewYork 40 26 .606 7Vj Miami 40 27 597 8 Orlando 36 3C .545 1114 Boston 29 37 .439 18'4 NewJersey 22 47 .319 27 Washington 16 50' .242 31'4 Central Division Pc! GB Milwaukee 41 25 .621 Charlotte 39 28 .582 2'4 Toronto 35 31 530 6 Indiana 29 36 .446 1114 PISTONS 25 42 .373 16'4 Cleveland 24 42 .364 17 Atlanta 21 47 309 21 Chicago 11 169 2914 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Divsm Nevada panel opposes bid to outlaw bets CARSON CITY, Nev. A state Senate panel voted to urge Congress not to outlaw bets on college sports, a major part of Nevada's legal sports gambling industry. "We don't need any more dumb laws that we aren't going to be able to enforce," Senate Judiciary Chairman Mark James, R-Las Vegas, said after his committee unanimously passed the measure. By outlawing sports betting, it'll be making criminals out of people who are otherwise law-abiding citizens.
It's a silly notion that they're not going to (bet)." Baseball Pet GB FOOTBALL one of the premier free-agent cornerbacks on the market this year, has agreed to a six-year contract with the Denver Broncos. UHL Walker, 27, has started 56 games SanAntonio 47 20 .701 Utan 45 20 .692 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Dallas 43 23 .652 31 Pet Minnesota 39 28 .562 8 Baltimore 12 6 667 Houston 3fl 29 .567 9 Oakland 13 7 .650 Dwver 33 35 485 14'-? Minnesota 12 8 .600 Vancouver 20 48 .294 271-2 Cleveland 10 7 .588 Pacific Division Texas 9 7 563 Pet GB TIGERS 9 8 .529 Sacramento 44 21 .677 Toronto 9 8 .529 ALakers 45 22 6 72 KansasCity 8 9 .471 Portlana 43 24 .642 2 Chtcago 10 .444 Phoenix 38 27 .585 6 Tampatay 9 38 Seattle 37 33 529 9'? Seattle 9 12 .4 LA Clippers 23 45 336 22'-j Ananeim 12 .400 Gc-'denState 16 51 239 25 Boston 7 12 .3459 x-cl inched playoff spot NewYork 6 13 316 Sunday NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee 100. PISTONS 96 Pet A Lakers 95. Orlando 50 SanDiego 13 5 .722 Indiana W.Sacramento 95 LosAnijeles 13 7 .650 Minnesota 91, Cleveland 76 St. Lous 12 7 .632 Utah 111, L.A CMpoers 96 Cincinnati 10 8 .556 Seattle 104.
Goioen State 99 Florida 10 8 .556 Denver 96. New Jersey 84 Arizona tl 9 .550 Monday NewYork 8 8 .500 Atlanta KM, L.A. Lakers '06 Milwaukee 10 11 .476 San Antonio 96, Portland 85 Colorado 9 10 ,474 Seattle 93. Philadelphia 89 Pittsburgh 9 10 .474 today SanFrancisco 8 10 .444 PISTONS at Utah, 9 pm. Chicago 9 12 .429 New York at Cleveland, p.m.
Atlanta 6 9 .400 Vancouver at New Jersey. 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia 6 9 .400 Indiana at Toronto. 8 p.m. Houston 5 9 357 Orlando at Chicago.
8 30 p.m. Montreal 6 12 ,333 Portland at Dallas 8:30 pm NOTE: Split-squad games count in the Washington at Phoenix. 9 p.m. standings, games against non-major league Houston at Sacramento, to. 30 p.m.
teams do not. Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers. 10:30 Monday in four years for Tennessee, including 15 last season. He has EASTERN CONFERENCE Northeast Division SOL Pts GF GA xy-Adirondack 37 26 4 78 236 216 28 32 8 64 248 269 Elmira 27 31 8 62 232 267 15 32 6 36 153 253 Southeast Division SOL Pts GF GA Asheville 41 21 7 89 273 228 x-NewHaven 38 21 7 83 244 19! been among the Titans' leaders Ingram arraigned on probation violation FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
Former New York Giants receiver Mark Ingram was arraigned on a charge that he violated his probation when he was arrested for driving a stolen SUV and possessing counterfeit money. Ingram, who also played for Miami, was sentenced in January to two years of probation in a Broward County grand theft case. in passes broken up the past three seasons. ST. LOUIS The St.
Louis 36 27 4 7 219 203 WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division SOL Pts GF GA x-ForlWayne 40 23 3 83 245 225 Rams, looking to find the parts to rebuild a defense that gave up nearly 30 points per game last season, have acquired linebacker Muskeoon 32 26 9 73 216 219 BORDER CATS 28 30 9 65 218 237 Flint 26 31 9 61 215 266 Southwest Divan Jeff Gooch from Tampa Bay. 1,.